Music in Brazil : experiencing music, expressing culture / John P. Murphy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Murphy, John P. (John Patrick)

Series:

Global music series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Popular music--Brazil--History and criticism.

Popular music.

Brazil.

Folk music--Brazil--History and criticism.

Folk music.

Popular music--Brazil.

Folk music--Brazil.

Ethnic music recordings--Brazil.

Local Subjects:

Ethnic music recordings--Brazil.

Physical Description:

xviii, 173 pages : illustrations, map, music ; 22 cm + 1 audio disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

Contents:

I Music and National Identity

1 Samba, Brazil's National Music 1

Carnaval in Recife: Traditional Musics and Current Pop in a Historic Setting 1

Samba in Rio de Janeiro: Music From the Morros 4

Varieties of Samba: Not Just for Carnaval 6

The History of Samba: From Marginal to National 7

Samba Percussion 10

The Malandro and the Mulata: Samba and Gender Roles 11

"The Mystery of Samba" 13

Carmen Miranda Brings the Samba to Hollywood 17

Samba and Carnaval: The Sambadrome and Beyond 19

Pagode 24

Samba Today: A Range of Meanings 26

Samba Raro 26

Eu Tiro e Onda 27

The Song "O Misterio do Samba" 27

2 Projecting Brazilian Identity Nationally and Internationally 29

Choro: An Early Rio de Janeiro Instrumental Style 29

The Emergence of Choro 30

Northeastern Influences 31

Pixinguinha 31

Jacob do Bandolim and Waldir Azevedo 33

The Choro Revival 33

Choro, Art Music, and Jazz 34

Women in Choro 34

Choro's Current Vitality 35

Brazilian Art Music Briefly Surveyed 35

Bossa nova: The Intimate Samba Sound Known Worldwide 36

The Term Bossa Nova 37

A Bossa Nova Classic 38

"The Girl from Ipanema" 38

Other Ways of Playing Bossa Nova 42

Bossa Nova and Jazz 44

The Sound of a Modernizing Brazil 44

Tropicalia: Cultural Cannibalism, Late '60s Style 46

MPB: Sophisticated Songwriting With a Political Edge 48

Musica Brega: Sentimental Songs Loved by Millions 50

The Romantic Balladry of Roberto Carlos 51

II Music and Regional Identity

3 Expressing Afro-Brazilian and Indigenous Identity 55

Capoeira: Music, Movement, and the Legacy of Zumbi 55

The Orquestra and the Berimbau 59

Capoeira: Other American Martial Arts and the African Heritage 61

Capoeira: Resistance and Revolt 62

Capoeira Regional and Atual 62

Music of Brazil's Indigenous Peoples 63

Music of the Kayapo-Kikrin: A Ritual of an Amazonian People 63

The Kayapo and the Environment 68

Inspired by Indigenous Music 69

Popular Music in the Amazon Region 70

4 The Sound of the Northeast 71

Bumba-meu-boi and Cavalo-Marinho: The Drama of the Magical Ox 71

Cavalo-marinho Performers and Audiences 73

Three Master Performers of Cavalo-marinho 73

Cavalo-marinho Performance Contexts 75

A Cavalo-marinho Performance 75

Cavalo-marinho Today 86

Maracatu: Afro-Brazilian Carnival Genre With a Sacred Side 86

A Sambada 87

Maracutu Rural 89

Siba and Barachinha's "Catimbo" 91

Baiao and Forro: Accordion-Driven Dance Music 94

Luiz Gonzaga and the Baiao 95

Luiz Gonzaga's Music and the Invention of the Northeast 99

Arlindo dos Oito Baixos and Instrumental Forro 100

The Technique of the Sanfona de Oito Baixos 104

The Symbolic Importance of the Sanfona de Oito Baixos 104

The Tune 105

Meter 106

Bellows 106

Rhythmic Accompaniment 107

Forro and Northeastern Identity 107

5 Expressing Southern Brazilian Identity 109

Musica Caipira: Rural Music of the South 110

Musica Caipira in a Sacred Context: Folias de Reis 111

Musica Caipira in a Secular Context 113

Cantoria 113

Musica Caipira on Records and Radio 113

The Viola Caipira 115

Roberto Correa and the Viola Caipira 116

Musica Sertaneja: Brazilian "Country" Music 117

Musica Gaucha: Celebrating Brazil's Far South 121

The Nativist Movement in Rio Grande do Sul 122

Traditionalist Musica Gaucha: Leonardo 123

Renato Borghetti and Progressive Musica Gaucha 125

The Sound of the South 129

Popular Music and Social Action in Porto Alegre 129

III Musical Cosmopolitanism

6 The Innovative Music and Scene of Recife 131

Brazilian Music and Cosmopolitanism 131

Cassia Eller 132

Tribalistas 132

Hermeto Pascoal 132

The Mangue Movement, Chico Science & Nacao Zumbi, and Popular Music in Recife 133

Mundo Livre S/A: Working Toward a Free World 138

Devotos: A Hardcore Look at Life in Recife 144

Faces do Suburbio: Rap and Embolada From the Alto Jose do Pinho 148

DJ Dolores e Orchestra Santa Massa: Electronic Maracatu 151

Comadre Florzinha and Women's Participation in the Recife Scene 156.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 162-166) and index.

ISBN:

0195166833

0195166841

OCLC:

60516600

Publisher Number:

9780195166835

9780195166842